• Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) · Jan 1995

    Does dexamethasone leucocytosis facilitate full dosage adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer?

    • G J Rees.
    • Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK.
    • Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 1995 Jan 1;7(4):257-8.

    AbstractThis is a retrospective analysis of breast cancer patients given adjuvant 'CMF' cytotoxic chemotherapy. It examines the impact on full blood counts of introducing dexamethasone as a prophylactic antiemetic the day before injections. Dexamethasone reduced leucopenia on injection due days. Twelve of 13 patients treated before the introduction of prophylactic dexamethasone, but only eight of 21 patients treated after, experience dose reduction or delay due to leucopenia (P < 0.01). Dexamethasone facilitated the administration of chemotherapy according to schedule.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…